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You think you know these stories, don’t you? You are wrong. You don’t know them at all. Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life . . . and death. A prince has a surprising awakening . . . A beauty fights like a beast . . . A boy refuses to become prey . . . A path to happiness is lost . . . then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare.

A seasonal collection of quilts inspired by life in the countryside. With 20 new projects that are suitable for a range of skill levels and include 12 large quilts and 8 smaller items, which can be customized to suit your own décor. A brand new collection of quilts and projects from one of the most recognizable and best-loved quilt designers in the UK. These inspiring designs, photographed in beautiful rural locations, reflect the changing seasons and beauty of the British countryside. Each of the four chapters features inspirational lifestyle photography showing the quilts in beautifully styled settings. For all skill levels from beginner to advanced, the book includes the guidance and practical knowledge you need to begin quilting successfully. The 12 large quilts and 8 smaller projects and accessories can also be made in alternative colours and fabrics to fit your own style, making them enormously versatile. This is the book for any quilter and lover of country style.

Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures! The original and classic story available now in all-new luxurious livery. When the East Wind blows Mary Poppins into the home of the banks children, their lives go topsy-turvy and are changed forever. More than eighty years since we first met Mary Poppins, this original, classic story is still charming readers and transporting new fans into the mysterious world of everyone’s favourite magical nanny.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics. Seeking escape from their unfulfilling marriages and monotonous lives in 1920s England, two women become transfixed by an advertisement to rent a medieval Italian castle for the month of April. Lotty Wilkins, who feels stifled by her solicitor husband, and pious Rose Arbuthnot, discontented in her relationship, are joined by two strangers – the glamorous socialite Lady Caroline Dester and the elderly Mrs Fisher – and embark on a journey of self-discovery and unexpected friendship that will change their lives forever. First published in 1922 and later adapted into a film, Elizabeth von Arnim’s most celebrated novel is a love letter to the power of travel, transporting readers to the sun-drenched paradise of the Mediterranean.

Love blooms in the darkest days… Discover this heart-wrenching, life-affirming tale of first romance in the face of the tragic events of an often forgotten piece of WW2 history. London, 1942. Despite the raging war, spirited 18-year-old Nellie Morris lives a quiet life in the tight-knit East End community of Bethnal Green. Her family and friends all tease that she will marry air raid warden Billy, the boy next door who's always been sweet on her. The arrival of Ray, a handsome American airman stationed nearby, causes Nellie to question everything she thought she knew about her future. Nellie's new-found happiness is short-lived when a tragic accident occurs during an air raid. Even the closest family can't escape the devastation of war, and as the secrets and truth about that fateful night become clear, they threaten to tear Nellie - and those dearest to her - apart.

Ten essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives. How do we live fully? How do we live successfully? Adrift in an anchorless world, we often worry about where we are heading. What meaning can we hope to find in our modern, secular life? The answer, Ben Hutchinson explains, can be found by looking to writers and thinkers to help us live more purposefully, more mindfully – more fully. Interweaving his own (mis-)adventures with those of authors such as T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Marcel Proust and Joan Didion, On Purpose proposes ten ways in which reading and writing encourage us to ask difficult questions, project our minds into the past and future, and see ourselves and others differently. Engaging, uplifting and aphoristic, this book is for anyone who has lost their sense of direction or wishes to radically transform the way they live.

How to rest, reconnect and rejuvenate through practical lessons, creativity and conscious living. The Joy of Wintering celebrates the ways in which the joys of spring are made possible at any stage of life by periods of rest and recuperation. Through practical tips and lessons from cultures with a strong wintering tradition, learn why rest should be celebrated not stigmatised, and how to live more consciously and compassionately. So many of us have experienced periods of burnout, influenced by a range of factors. This book is a rallying cry to make space for times of feast and fallow to improve productivity, make space for creativity and finding your presence in moments of clarity. It is for those who want to unlock their potential and adjust to our new normal, largely inspired by the conversations forced upon us by the pandemic. Drawing upon different cultures with a strong tradition of rest and recuperation, this book will be full of practical activities, inspirational quotes and aims to provide a space for readers to embrace stillness. The chapters cover: what we see, what to listen out for, what to touch, what to taste, what to breathe; including craft activities, recipes, meditations, and much more.

A gripping new mystery featuring Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs. Members of the Lewes Bonfire Society would say afterwards that the event would have been a huge success that year, if it hadn’t been for the dead body… When the charred remains of MP Rupert Millington are found inside a burning effigy, no one knows how they got there, but there are plenty of rumours about whodunnit. The lead suspect wants Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs to help clear her name. She says she's being framed, but surely there is no smoke without fire. The heat is on when a second victim is killed in a locked room while Tess and Sarah are in the building. Can the duo solve this puzzling mystery and find the real killer before they strike again?

A brilliant new novelty gift book based on Judith Kerr’s much-loved story, Mog the Forgetful Cat! Featuring magical scenes from the original story, children will love reading this special book while putting the six 12-piece jigsaw puzzles together! Read the story, complete the puzzles and enjoy these classic illustrations again and again. This timeless tale is bound to keep even the tiniest Mog fans busy!

World first publication of the collected poems of J.R.R. Tolkien, spanning almost seven decades of the author’s life and presented in an elegant three-volume hardback boxed set. J.R.R. Tolkien aspired to be a poet in the first instance, and poetry was part of his creative life no less than his prose, his languages, and his art. Although Tolkien’s readers are aware that he wrote poetry, if only from verses in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, its extent is not well known, and its qualities are underappreciated. Within his larger works of fiction, poems help to establish character and place as well as further the story; as individual works, they delight with words and rhyme. They express his love of nature and the seasons, of landscape and music, and of words. They convey his humour and his sense of wonder. The earliest work in this collection, written for his beloved, is dated to 1910, when Tolkien was eighteen. More poems would follow during his years at Oxford, some of them very elaborate and eccentric. Those he composed during the First World War, in which he served in France, tend to be concerned not with trenches and battle, but with life, loss, faith, and friendship, his longing for England, and the wife he left behind. Beginning in 1914, elements of his legendarium, ‘The Silmarillion’, began to appear, and the ‘Matter of Middle-earth’ would inspire much of Tolkien’s verse for the rest of his life. Within The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien almost 250 works are presented across three volumes, including more than 70 that have never before been seen. The poems are deftly woven together with commentary and notes by world-renowned Tolkien scholars Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond, placing them in the context of Tolkien’s life and literary accomplishments and creating a poetical biography that is a unique and revealing celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien. J.R.R. Tolkien's book 'The Fall of Númenor' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2022-11-07.

Podnikatel a průmyslník Oliver po nečekané smrti bratrance zdědil titul markýze a velmi zanedbané panství. Aby se ho mohl ujmout, potřebuje k tomu manželku. A to je právě ten problém, jednak o žádnou nestojí, a pak už jednu má… v Paříži. Opětovné setkání s Lily ho mile překvapilo. Z plaché dívky vyrostla sebevědomá odvážná žena, která si vybudovala svůj vlastní podnik a je zcela nezávislá. V tom jsou si velmi podobní. Proto nakonec Oliver přistoupí na odvážný návrh své manželky, že se znovu vezmou a po nějaké době zase rozvedou. Netuší, že mu půl roku po boku této oslnivé bytosti vůbec nebude stačit…

Ne Issy neměla při pohledu na Gianniho cítit vzrušení; jejím cílem byla přece pomsta. To on měl zakusit, jaké to je, když vám někdo podtrhne koberec pod nohama! Jenže svému tělu poručit nemohla. Když Gianni zjistil, že ta úchvatná dívka, která se ho pokouší neohrabaně svést, je podvodnice, zajímaly ho dvě věci: proč to dělá a jak toho využít ve svůj prospěch. Ne, ani jeden neměl při pohledu na toho druhého cítit lásku. Jenže srdci neporučíš… Volné pokračování pod názvem Neodolatelné doteky, tentokrát ale z pera Pippy Roscoeové vyjde v říjnu 2024.

Quinton Kingsley se vydává na Aljašku, aby našel svého tvrdohlavého nevlastního bratra. Chce napravit nespravedlnost, jíž se dopustil jeho otec, když do své závěti nezahrnul svého nemanželského syna Claytona. Místo bratra však nachází rudovlasou divošku McKennu, která mu naprosto učaruje. Žije sama na drsném Severu, stará se o bar, rybaří, a přitom nic neztrácí na ženském půvabu. Quinton ví, že by se s ní neměl sbližovat, když se dlouho na Aljašce nezdrží, ale tělo a touha vyhrávají bitvu s rozumem…

Lady Olivia si plánuje s přítelkyněmi práci ve výboru dam, zajímá se o politické reformy a nijak netouží po vdavkách. Její situace se ale dramaticky změní, když zjistí, že jí ze zděděných peněz nic nezbývá a že si bude muset vydělávat na živobytí. Jako guvernantka a pouhá zaměstnankyně se ocitne na zanedbaném venkovském panství plukovníka Hugha Glendenninga a musí čelit nejen svým vlastním ztrátám, ale i strachu a smutkům dvou malých osiřelých děvčátek a zoufalství a démonům jejich poručníka, plukovníka. Naštěstí má Olivia nezdolnou a praktickou povahu a srdce tak veliké, že se tam vejdou nejen dívenky, ale i plukovník Hugh… (Druhá část minisérie Pokrokové mladé dámy)

„Říkal jste, že byste dokázal zařídit skandál, a já ho potřebuju.“ Skandál, to bylo to, co „Zhýralý vévoda“ Lance zařídit uměl. A když ho o to požádala tak krásná žena, jako byla Sara, vyhověl s radostí! Sara bývala snoubenkou korunního prince, ale teď… byla konečně volná! A Lance ji mohl naučit úplně všechno o tom, jak být rebelkou. Mohl jí ukázat, jak být velice zlobivé děvče. Kniha navazuje na příběh Annalise a Rafea, který vyšel v únoru 2024 s názvem Chci slyšet tvé ano!

Ten mail s informací, že ji hledá a našel její biologický otec, Piper pořádně zaskočil. Poté, co jí zemřela matka, se cítila na světě hodně sama, a najednou tu byla velká rodina pohádkově bohatých texaských rančerů a Piper se obávala, že mezi ně, jako městská dívka z Chicaga moc nezapadne. Ke všemu ji ještě začal přitahovat majitel sousedního ranče, Maverick Kane, se kterým její nová rodina nevycházela zrovna nejlépe. Piper připadalo, že se ocitla přímo uprostřed bouře citů, se kterými si příliš nevěděla rady…